Integrated systems and analysis of urban Mobility for climate-neutral, environmental friendly and susTainable Cities in Europe and China (IMTECC)

Focusing on the Sino-European cities (Copenhagen, Paris and Hangzhou), this project aims to provide tools and case studies for optimizing multimodal traffic management, improving urban mobility, reducing traffic emissions, and finding new solutions towards greener mobility practices, climate-neutral and smart cities.

Based on big data, smart traffic management technologies, and integrated interdisciplinary methods, this project will build an Integrated Urban System (IUS) and key performance indicators for each city. With evolving urban planning, energy consumption, transport supply and demand, and group behaviours, the system will improve our understanding of interactions among urban multimodal mobility (e.g. combination of biking and trains), traffic emissions (e.g. switch to electric vehicles), air quality and climate change, and quantify these interactions for the Sino-European cities.

The results allow to quantify the leverage effects observed, and to highlight issues of environmental justice. The system is building multi-scenario simulations (e.g. reduced parking space for private cars) and proposing multi-mode transport schemes suitable for sustainable development, simultaneously optimizing mobility, and reducing emissions and health and climate risks.

Through collaborative analyses and cross simulations, a multi-mode transport scheme suitable for the sustainable development of Sino-European cities is further proposed. The results will establish a model for building smart cities, promoting Sino-European exchanges and cooperation, and jointly exploring climate neutrality pathways under future urbanization processes.